Grand Solar Minimum at work – Colorado snowpack more than eight times normal in places

And still rising ! ! !

After an historically snowy spring, Colorado’s snowpack currently stands at 473% of normal (almost 5 times normal), with highs peaking at 846% (more than 8 times normal!) in the San Juan Mountains, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

“Snowpack is holding on late,” according to the Colorado Water Conservation Board. As we enter June, only 38% of the statewide snowpack has melted.

Snowpack percentage still rising

However, the melting “significantly” slowed in May as winter-like conditions returned to the state, with the snowpack percentage actually rising last week.

Now everyone is worried about flooding, because “a much higher amount of snow is still available to melt as the state heads into the much warmer month of June.”

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/its-june-and-colorados-snowpack-is-437-of-normal-what-that-means-for-flood-season

https://electroverse.net/colorados-snowpack-stands-at-473-of-normal-and-is-holding-on-late -grand-solar-minimum/?fbclid=IwAR1Zuy_WVpBXMItuTTeeoY9SnQQ2BbirEhC5KCYCxDwwgWgWh6M9sdvZZLM

Thanks to Bill Sellers for this link

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June 5, 2019 at 05:36PM

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